Description:Social streams are leading to the commoditization of local news and information. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and even email inboxes are now the newspaper circulation departments of the 21st century. The seminar will focus on how to get real results for your business by curating, creating, and sharing content that's relevant to your customer base.

Description:CompuMaster offers a seminar on The Essentials of Communicating With Diplomacy and Professionalism. Program covers techniques for maintaining your composure, diplomatic ways to deliver bad news, and how to be positively persuasive. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. October 23 at Courtyard by Marriott, 63 Grand St., Waterbury.